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Friday, May 09, 2008

Paris Cafe Tables

Paris Tea, original watercolor

There's something about a vacated Paris cafe tabletop that always catches my eye. I spotted an irresistable cafe table my first night in Paris in this jewelry shop window. Here on the terrace at Cafe de la Mairie in the 6th. My leftovers at Cafe Vavin in the 6th. I added the madeleine to this emptycafe table top - it needed a touch of color. Here hot chocolate with M. at Chocolat Foucher YUM!APerrier atCafe Le Select... The tip placed on top of a saucer - so French non? My tabletopwaiting to be devoured.This cafe tabletop I would have loved to have brought home in Pain D'Epiceswindow.Not for sale.

So they bring the bill on a saucer? And then, the diner turns the saucer upside down and puts the change on it? Or does the server bring the bill on an upside down saucer? Or does the bill come without a saucer and the diner turns over the saucer he/she just used and puts the change on it? Turns it over because its got drips of chocolat chaud in it? Have I left any saucer unturned in trying to understand this?

Leave it to JEANETTE to turn things upside down! HUMPHTrue there are special tip/bill dishes usually in red or green plastic in many cafes.This was a special bit of innovation I suppose. You know me. Shoot first and ask questions later :)Or rather wait for JEANETTE to come up with the questions...ahem

I have learned to appreciate the true importance of miniatures from your Paris Breakfasts blog. Others have, too. Mini's, it seems, are "big" even here in Texas. La Madeleine, a bistro here in Austin, is now promoting their miniature desserts.

I want to go out and have coffee served on one of these tables, and then watch the world file by. Did you know that you can have miniature sets of Josef Hoffmann and Thonet furniture? Of course, those are Viennese Arts and Crafts designs (Wiener Werkstätte), they don't go with French Breakfasts. Should you want to branch out ... ;-)

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♥carol gillott♥

l'Ile Saint Louis, Paris, Ile de France, France

Hi I'm Carol Gillott,
My Mom taught me watercolors at 5. I'm still at it, now tripping over cobblestones, living in a 6th-floor garret on l'Ile Saint-Louis, Paris. Read Parisbreakfast with a hot chocolate and croissant.
I paint Paris breakfasts.